Pride Home

OUTSaskatoon opened Pride Home in January 2017 in order to provide a place for 2SLGBTQ youth to live open and free lives. Pride Home is a place where gender and sexually diverse youth are celebrated and supported and where they have the support and services that they need to thrive.

Why is Pride Home Needed?

Two Spirit, transgender, and queer youth are at a greater risk of homelessness compared to their cisgender, heterosexual peers. A recent street-based needs assessment in Toronto identified that 24% of youth respondents identified as 2SLGBTQ, and local surveys showed that 30% of youth in OUTSaskatoon's youth program had been homeless or without secure housing at some point in their lives.

Donate To Pride Home

OUTSaskatoon started the year long project titled: A Place to Belong: Building Capacity for 2SLGBTQ Housing. This project took inspiration from the success of Pride Home in bettering the lives the youth who lived there. Using Pride Home as the model and needs assessments from local housing organizations and other 2SLGBTQ organizations across Canada, project staff created a 2SLGBTQ housing blueprint.

What We Provide

  • Semi-independent, transitional housing with opportunities for long term stays (depending on age)
  • An environment that is:
    • Gender affirming
    • Sex positive
    • Cultural humility
    • Harm reduction focused 
    • Community driven
  • In-house support workers 7 days a week and access to emergency on-call support
  • Support, connections and resources for:
    • Mental health support
    • In-house counselling 
    • Gender affirming care
    • Financial literacy
    • Education
    • Employment
    • And much more!

About the Program

The Home

Pride Home is a six-bedroom home with shared communal spaces. Each bedroom has a private bathroom, mini-fridge, and workspace. Shared spaces include the kitchen, living room space, and an art and recreation space. There is a two bedroom basement suite with a shared bathroom and kitchen that is for more independent individuals that require minimal support.

Basic Expectations

Basic Expectations

  • Respect for self and others.
  • Desire to improve one’s life.
  • Participation in the operation and programming of the home, including following house rules.
  • No alcohol or drug use in the home or on the property.
Eligibility

Eligibility 

In order to live in Pride Home, you need to:

  • Be between the ages of 18-25
  • Identify as 2SLGBTQIA+
  • Be able to live semi-independently 
  • Want to benefit from living in a supported, youth-centered environment
  • Want to live at Pride Home and choose to move in voluntarily
  • Pets may be allowed on a case by case basis. If you currently have a pet (before applying), your application will still be considered. We do not allow people to get pets after they have moved into Pride Home.
Expenses

Rent is $659 each + 1/6 of the utilities for the upstairs. The basement rent is also $659 each with split utilities. A security deposit of the first month's rent is also required. If accepted as a pet owner there will be a pet fee.
Upstairs tenants are provided groceries at no cost. Basement tenants are responsible for their own groceries. All tenants are responsible for any other expenses, such as personal supplies, clothing, and other misc. expenses.

Youth residing in Pride Home will cover their rent in the following ways:

  • Social Income Support (SIS) (18+)
  • Saskatchewan Assistance Insurance for Disability (SAID program)
  • Saskatchewan Housing Benefits
  • Canadian Disability Tax Credit 
  • Through their own employment

Apply to Pride Home

We meet with people where they are at and partner with them as they move forward in various areas of their life.

With this in mind, we encourage people to complete this referral on their own or alongside support if required. We feel that hearing people's experience and required support first hand is helpful in understanding how to best approach the screening, intake, and engagement process.

Pride Home is currently full but we welcome people to still complete the application form to be added to our waitlist. Another step taken is to complete the Coordinated Access intake assessment with our Community Advocate Dawn Bear. Please email them to set up a meeting time communitysupport@outsaskatoon.ca

Thank you for your support in making this possible.

Apply Now

If you or someone you know is looking for a safe place to live, please contact:

Our Pride Home Manager at pridehome@outsaskatoon.ca.